MEDIEVAL HISTORY

The teaching is divided into two parts that are closely related. The general course aims to the knowledge of the peculiar characteristics of the cultural, economics, philosophical, religious and social foundations from the Edict of Tolerance (313A. D.) to the action of Martin Luther (1483-1546) inside the variegated world of the medieval society (centuries IV-XVI). The main aim of the monographic course is to give students the knowledge of unpublished or less known aspects of the medieval South of Italy such as the relationship between the everyday life and the natural world, minting and its symbolic messages, the description given by chroniclers and the manipulation of events to the political fight.

The teaching is divided into two parts that are closely related. The general course aims to the knowledge of the peculiar characteristics of the cultural, economics, philosophical, religious and social foundations from the Edict of Tolerance (313A. D.) to the action of Martin Luther (1483-1546) inside the variegated world of the medieval society (centuries IV-XVI). The main aim of the monographic course is to give students the knowledge of unpublished or less known aspects of the medieval South of Italy such as the relationship between the everyday life and the natural world, minting and its symbolic messages, the description given by chroniclers and the manipulation of events to the political fight.

Description of historic events that have characterized the Middle Ages (centuries IV-XVII). The course pays particular attention to the most different aspects of the history of southern Italy during the medieval period (from the fifth to the sixteenth century).

General course (6 CFU). Textbook: Giovanni Vitolo, Medioevo. I caratteri originali di un’età di transizione, Sansoni Editore, Firenze 2000 (We have a lot of new impressions), pages 1-580.

Monographic Study (3 CFU). Textbook: Il Medioevo di Salvatore Tramontana. Memoria e testimonianze, Mario Adda Editore, Bari 2017, pages 1-272.

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